1955

HOWA TEXTILE INDUSTRY CO.,LTD. established.(Miyuki honmachi Naka-ku Nagoya, Aichi pref.) Seat cushion and cotton mat production started at Kurokawa Plant in Nagoya.

1960

Kasugai Plant established in Aichi pref.

1961

Head Office moved to Ajiyoshi Hakusan-cho, Kasugai, Aichi pref.

1965

Iwata Plant established in Shizuoka pref.
Feltop (floor pad material) production started.

1967

Dash insulator production started.

1970

Atsugi Plant established in Kanagawa pref.
Headliner production started.

1978

Okazaki Plant established in Aichi pref.
RCM Mat (seat mat) production started.

1987

Howa Korea, Ltd. established.

1991

Technical Headquarters completed with hemi-anechoic room.

1992

Kyushu Plant established in Kama, Fukuoka pref.
Polyurethane Dash insulator production started.

1995

Technical Center completed.

1996

Polyurethane Headliner production started.
FOM Headliner production started.

1998

Olefin seat line installed in Okazaki Plant.

1999

Moduel Headliner Production started.

2000

Subsidiary Nippo Kasei's Gifu Plant compeleted.
High and low-pressure injection modding trim producion started.

2002

System Development Center completed.

2003

Iwate Plant established in Isawa-gun, Iwate pref.

2004

Howa USA, Inc. established in Indiana, USA.
Atsugi System Development Center established in Kanagawa pref.

2005

TianJin Xinming Textile Resin Co., Ltd. established in China.

2006

Foshan Xinming Textile Resin Co., Ltd. established in China.
Evaluation Center established.

2007

American Howa Kentcky, Inc. established in Kentucky, USA.

2008

Tochigi Plant established in Nasu-Shiobara, Tochigi pref.
Howa USA Holdings,Inc. established in Michigan, USA.
Guangdong Howa Shinmei Trade Co., Ltd. established in China.

2009

Wuhan Xinming Textile Resin Co., Ltd. established in China.

2010

Howa (Thailand) Co.,Ltd. established in Thailand.
Howa USA,Inc. consolidated to American Howa Kentucky,Inc.

2011

Howa TextileTechnical Center (Foshan) Co., Ltd. established in China.

2012

PT.Howa Indonesia established in Indonesia.
Faurecia Howa Interiors Co.,Ltd. established.
Howa Tramico SAS established in France.

2013

Communicatiion Center completed.
MEXICO S.A.DE C.V. established in Mexcio.
Howa Canada Manufacturing, Inc. established in Canada.

2014

Xiangyang Xinming Textile Resin Co., Ltd established in China.

2019

Change of the trade names of our company and group companies in Japan as stated below.

• HOWA TEXTILE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
• Howa Textile Iwate Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
• Howa Textile Tochigi Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
• Howa Textile Kyusyu Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
• Nippou Kasei Co., Ltd.

• New name
• Howa Co., Ltd.
• Howa Iwate Co., Ltd.
• Howa Tochigi Co., Ltd.
• Howa Kyusyu Co., Ltd.
• Howa Gifu Co., Ltd.

2020

Tokyo Branch established.

2021

Atsugi System Development Center consolidated to Tokyo Branch.